Long Canyon Trail
- 7.8 mi
- round trip
- 1,330 ft
- climb
- Singletrack
- surface
- Out and back
- route
- Feb–Nov
- best months
Long Canyon Trail is a mountain biking route in Knoxville Wildlife Area in California, managed by State Fish and Wildlife. The trail is an out-and-back, about 15.5 miles long, with a one-way climb of roughly 1,330 feet from a low point near 1,017 feet to a high point near 2,286 feet. The trail is rated hard. Spring and fall are the most comfortable times to ride. Typical averages from a nearby weather station show May highs around 73°F and October highs around 72°F, while July and August climb to the mid-80s. Zim Zim Ridge Cutoff and Zim Zim Falls Trail are the closest hikes, within about 3 miles. Eticuera Creek, about 4 miles away, and Putah Creek, about 6 miles away, offer canoeing.
Local outfitters
- Sonoma Valley Bike Tours & Rentals37 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- Zim Zim Ridge CutoffHiking1.8 mi
- Zim Zim Falls TrailHiking3.2 mi
- Eticuera CreekCanoeing4.1 mi
Putah CreekCanoeingPhoto: Bev Sykes from Davis, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)6 mi
Fiske Creek TrailHikingPhoto: aerugino, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)6.7 mi- Blue Ridge Trail North (low use)Hiking6.7 mi
Berryessa Peak TrailHikingPhoto: jacobian, CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)6.7 mi- Little Blue RidgeHiking7 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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- Smith'sMountain biking · ~29 min drive
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Best time to visit Long Canyon Trail
Best months: February–November. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
54° / 39°
13 wet
Feb
56° / 40°
11 wet
Mar
60° / 41°
11 wet
Apr
66° / 42°
8 wet
May
73° / 47°
4 wet
Jun
80° / 51°
1 wet
Jul
85° / 54°
0 wet
Aug
84° / 54°
0 wet
Sep
81° / 53°
1 wet
Oct
72° / 50°
4 wet
Nov
60° / 43°
9 wet
Dec
53° / 39°
13 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Angwin Pacific Union College, CA, 17.1 mi away at 1,715 ft. The station sits about 600 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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